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I’ve reached 100 various Tetris games! :D I think I will celebrate with playing some more Tetris tonight!! ^__^

My two latest additions are not that common. One is Tetris on MSX from Korea, or Zemmix as they called the MSX there. Apparently Korean government banned Japanese companies from selling products in Korea, so they made their own knock-offs. The Zemmix / MSX Tetris game is not the greatest Tetris I’ve played. It’s odd. It only gives you 1 point per row cleared, no bonus for making a Tetris (4 rows at once), and the sound effects and music is scarce and dull. Also the controls are quite jumpy, I don’t know if it’s my joypads that are glitchy, but I tried 3 different ones and it was equally difficult to steer the tetraminos..

Tetris for Korean Zemmix

MSX Zemmix – Tetris

MSX Zemmix – Tetris back

Anyway, here’s some gameplay of it, I sat for hours last night trying to record gameplay through my Elgato but I just couldn’t get the signal unscrambled, it has some serious anti-pirating code built in or something XD So I ended up just shooting it with my phone.. sorry for shitty quality, but at least you can see what it’s like ^_^ I couldn’t find a video of it anywhere else..

The latest addition is another Korean game, but for the Gam-Boy, which is Korea’s equivalent to the Sega Master System or the Sega Mark III. The Gam-Boy was produced by Samsung in Korea. It reads 테트리스 which means Tetris ^_^

Tetris on Korean Gam-Bit

Gam-Boy / Sega Master System – Tetris

Gam-Boy / Sega Master System – Tetris back

This was better than the MSX/Zemmix version of Tetris, it had a lot of different settings. One cool feature that I’ve only seen a few times before in Chinese Tetris games is the scrolling. If you set it to scroll the blocks at the bottom will shift one block to the left or right (it changes each level you increase) and makes it more difficult to plan how you want to build! It’s interesting :) But you can of course play without the scrolling feature as well. In the beginning there’s also the choice of Easy or Hard mode, hard makes the floor rise with random blocks once in a while, and you can also set speed to Low or High, once you get to the next screen though you have even more selections where you can set level and height, the height starts you off with blocks already on the board. You can basically make it really difficult for yourself by setting highest speed, highest level, tallest height and add some scroll to it XD Basically impossible! I enjoyed it, except for the music that was kind of shitty and the controls being a bit jumpy. There was like a delay every time a new tetramino appeared in the top.

I recorded some gameplay of this one too so you can see what it’s like ^_^ Here’s Korean Tetris for the Gam-Boy / Sega Master System / Sega Mark III:

Some other recent Tetris purchases that has helped adding my collection up to 100 Tetris games are these ones below ^_^ Two quite rare ones for the Japanese MSX and the Sharp X68000. I still need to find myself an X68000, so I can play it! That one and the PC ones are the only ones I can’t play right now. I also need to find an old PC with Windows 98 XD… Tetris Elements and Tetris Gold are both PC games. Then there’s a ZX Spectrum Tetris game, Tetris Attack for Game Boy (which isn’t quite Tetris in my opinion, but since it’s called Tetris I’ll count it..) and a Japanese PS2 Tetris Kiwamemichi game ^_^

I’ve amassed quite an extensive Tetris collection by now. I always buy a Tetris game if I don’t already have it, and man! There’s a lot of Tetris games out there! Tetris is such a fun game, you never get tired of it, and I think it’s so exciting to try different versions :) So here they are! You can click the pictures to view them larger if you for example want to see the screenshots on the back of the box ^_^ I right now have 96 different video game versions (including 3 arcade games) of Tetris and 5 board games :) These picture below are already outdated and missing around 30+ games from the collection XD

All my Tetris video games

Tetris games

Playing Tetris with Tetris games

Tetris games

Atari Tetris Arcade

My most proudest Tetris game is definitely my dedicated Atari Tetris Arcade from 1988. It’s so much fun to play against friends ^_^ And it has the unique gameplay where you have objectives instead of just endless mode with increasing difficulty. You can read more about this one in my blog post about the Atari Tetris Arcade >>

Atari Tetris Arcade

Atari Tetris arcade

Atari Tetris arcade gameplay

Atari Tetris Arcade board

Atari Tetris Arcade buttons

Tetris arcade logo

Atari Tetris logo

Atari Tetris Arcade detail

Atari games logo

Runs on cash XD

Tetris Arcade objectives

Tetris Arcade objectives

Sega Tetris Arcade

My most recent Arcade pickup is the Sega Tetris PCB. This is not a Jamma standard, but fortunately I got an adaptor with it so I can play it on my Blast City cabinet :) It has these photorealistic pictures in the background, so awkward XD And when you die this disappointed monkey is disappointed in you… haha XD

Sega Tetris Arcade PCB closeup

Sega Tetris Arcade PCB

Sega Tetris PCB

Sega Tetris Arcade played on Blast City

Sega Tetris Arcade gameplay

Disappointed Monkey

Tetris Plus 2 Arcade

I also recently got a PCB of Sega Tetris that I can use with my Blast City arcade ^_^

Arcade PCB Tetris Plus 2

Tetris Plus 2 PCB

Tetris Plus 2 Arcade

Tetris Plus 2 Arcade PCB

Tetris Plus 2 Arcade gameplay

C64 Tetris

I have three different editions of the Tetris game on C64. The gameplay is the same, it looks like on the back of the big box one (it’s almost all in black and white), the screenshots on the back of the smaller one are taken from a different system. I also have the game on a floppy disk version instead of cassette :) This one is a bit more rare to find.

C64 – Tetris

C64 – Tetris back

C64 – Tetris big box

C64 – Tetris big box back

C64 floppy disk – Tetris

C64 floppy disk – Tetris back

ZX Spectrum Tetris

I recently got the ZX Spectrum version of Tetris on cassette tape as well. The packaging looks exactly the same as the C64 version, but the graphics are quite different because of the hardware. I recently found a Spanish version of Tetris for ZX Spectrum. I’ve also bought a copy of Welltris for ZX Spectrum. Since the colors are so different on this system I can’t wait to see what it looks like compare to the Atari ST version :D

ZX Spectrum – Tetris

ZX Spectrum – Tetris back

ZX Spectrum – Tetris

ZX Spectrum – Tetris back

ZX Spectrum – Welltris

PS2 – Tetris Worlds

Tandy CPC Tetris

Someone on Instagram showed me that there was a version of Tetris for the Tandy CPC, I don’t even know what that is!?! But I found a complete version of Tetris for it on eBay XD So now I have a Tandy game, but nothing to play it on >_< I’m hoping I’ll eventually bump into one.. I think it’s some old type of computer..

Tandy CPC Tetris The Soviet Challenge

Tandy CPC – Tetris

Tandy CPC – Tetris manual

Tandy CPC – Tetris Manual back

Tandy CPC – Tetris cartridge

Amiga Tetris

I’ve begun finding Tetris games on Amiga as well ^_^ So far I have two versions of Tetris, one released by Spectrum HoloByte (I love the box art on this one :D) and one released by Infogrames, and I have Super Tetris also from Spectrum HoloByte. The Infogrames one I bought from an eBay seller in Australia, but I don’t think it’s an Australian copy, unless it was exported there since they are also a PAL region. Infogrames is French, and on the back of the game it has German, French and English language. I’ve never seen this box art before though.

Amiga – Tetris

Amiga – Tetris back

Amiga – Super Tetris

Amiga – Super Tetris back

Amiga – Tetris

Amiga – Tetris back

Atari ST Tetris

I recently got myself an Atari ST 1040, an so far I only have like 5 or 6 games for it, one of them is of course a Tetris game ^_^ This one is called Welltris and it’s like playing Tetris in a well :D Read my review of this game here >>

Atari ST – Welltris

Atari ST – Welltris back

X68000 Tetris

I haven’t got a Sharp X68000 computer/system yet, but I’ve so far gotten two games for the system, mainly for my two most collected game series: Tetris and Castlevania. It’s annoying not being able to play them, but hopefully I’ll find a Sharp X68000 one day…

X68000 – Tetris

X68000 – Tetris back

MSX Tetris

I actually have an MSX, I’m not sure wether it’s an MSX 1 or 2 though.. but I don’t have a disk drive or a tape deck for it.. so I can only play cartridge games on it so far.. unfortunately the red Tetris game is on floppy disk, the rare Korean one is however on cartridge :) It’s for the Korean version of MSX called Zemmix.

MSX – Tetris

MSX – Tetris back

MSX Zemmix – Tetris

MSX Zemmix – Tetris back

CDI Tetris

I also have a Tetris version for Philips CDi. Just bought myself a CDI last week, so I’ll be able to try it out now ^_^

CDI – Tetris

CDI – Tetris back

Famicom Tetris

Moving on to 8-bit Tetris we have a couple for the Famicom :D The BPS Tetris is by far my favorite, mainly because of the fucked up controls XD A fun challenge, and the Technotetris soundtrack is awesome! ^_^

Famicom – Tetris

Famicom – Tetris back

Famicom – Tetris 2 + Bombliss

Famicom – Tetris 2 + Bombliss back

Famicom – Tetris Flash

Famicom – Tetris Flash back

NES Tetris

I also have the NES versions that I’m aware of. Here my favorite is by far Tengen’s Tetris, since they have this awesome co-op mode that is incredibly fun! You either work really well together with a friend, or it’s a train wreck, or you start fighting about the score and try to work against each other XD

NES – Tengen Tetris

NES – Tengen Tetris back

NES – Tetris

NES – Tetris back

NES – Tetris small box

NES – Tetris small box back

NES – Tetris 2

NES – Tetris 2 back

Game Boy Tetris

Then there’s the handhelds! Tetris for Game Boy was a classic ^_^ But even more versions were released! I’m still missing Tetris 2 >_< But I’ll get it eventually! A recent addition is Tetris Attack which I didn’t know existed on Game Boy as well, it’s not really Tetris in my opinion, but since it’s called Tetris I’ll let it slip…

GB – Tetris

GB – Tetris back

GB – Tetris Flash

GB – Tetris Flash back

GB – Tetris Plus

GB – Tetris Plus back

GB – Tetris Blast

GB – Tetris Blast back

GB – Tetris Attack

GB – Tetris Attack back

Game Boy Color Tetris

For Game Boy Color there was Tetris DX! This I accidentally bought for both PAL and JP region, usually I’m content with having the game from just one of the regions.. as long as I can play it and it’s the same game then I don’t really care for which region I have it :) I also have a version of Disney’s Magical Tetris Challenge for Game Boy Color, this game was released on many systems, like PS1 and N64 as well :)

GBC – Tetris DX

GBC – Tetris DX back

GBC – Tetris DX JP

GBC – Tetris DX JP back

GBC – Magical Tetris Challenge

GBC – Magical Tetris Challenge back

Game Boy Advance Tetris

I also have one for Game Boy Advance :)

GBA – Tetris Worlds

GBA – Tetris Worlds back

Pokémon Mini Tetris

Continuing on handhelds I also have Pokémon Tetris for the Pokémon Mini. Unfortunately I don’t have a Pokémon Mini console to play it on :(

Pokémon Mini – Pokémon Tetris

Pokémon Mini – Pokémon Tetris back

Wonderswan Tetris

I found that there was a Tetris game released for Wonderswan Color as well, so of course I had to get it ^_^ It’s merely called “Tetris”

Wonderswan – Tetris

Wonderswan – Tetris back

Tetris Jr.

I also have this tiny little Tetris Jr. handheld keychain ^_^

Tetris Jr game

Tetris Jr keychain game

Tetris Jr keychain handheld gameplay

Tetris Jr gameplay

The first one is distributed by Bergsala in Sweden, I also have a second one that is still sealed, published by Squaresoft.

Tetris Jr Pocket Key Chain Tetris sealed

Tetris Jr Pocket Key Chain Tetris

Super Famicom Tetris

On Super Famicom loads of various Tetris versions were released, like for example Tetris Battle Gaiden which brings RPG elements into it. In Super Tetris 3 you can play up to 4 people versus each other, I usually bring this one forth during the finals of my Retro Rumble competitions ^_^

SFC – Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss

SFC – Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss back

SFC – Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss

SFC – Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss back

SFC – Super Tetris 3

SFC – Super Tetris 3 back

SFC – Tetris Flash

SFC – Tetris Flash back

SFC – Tetris Battle Gaiden

SFC – Tetris Battle Gaiden back

SNES Tetris

On Super Nintendo we didn’t get as many Tetris versions. I don’t really want to add Tetris Attack to this collection, but I will, just because people always mention it when talking about Tetris on the SNES. I don’t think it’s a Tetris game though, in that case I would have to add every other puzzle game I have into this category. Tetris Attack is just Panel de Pon where they added Super Mario characters and called it Tetris because it’s a puzzle game, but it’s nothing like Tetris.

SNES – Tetris & Dr. Mario

SNES – Tetris & Dr. Mario back

SNES – Tetris 2

SNES – Tetris 2 back

SNES – Tetris Attack

SNES – Tetris Attack back

Sega Mega Drive Tetris

Nintendo was the company that acquired the license for Tetris back in the 80’s, therefore Sega was not allowed to release Tetris games, they created their Columns instead, which wasn’t as popular. They did however make a Tetris game for Sega Mega Drive, but they got sued and it got pulled out of production immediately. However a couple of copies made it out. There’s less than a handful known copies which sell for ridiculous amounts of money when they go up for sale. I do however have a bootleg/repro of this Sega Mega Drive Tetris game, just so I could play it and see what it was like for myself :) It’s a Chinese copy so it’s not very pretty, and doesn’t look like the original, but the game plays well ^_^

Sega Mega Drive – Tetris

Sega Mega Drive – Tetris back

Sega Mark III / Gam-Boy Tetris

Another rare Tetris game that I just got, and which marks my 100th Tetris game (counting the board games ^_^) is the Korean Tetris game on Sega Master System (Sega Mark III), or Gam-Boy which it was called over in Korea :)

Gam-Boy / Sega Master System – Tetris

Gam-Boy / Sega Master System – Tetris back

Nintendo 64 Tetris

Moving on to N64, there were a couple there as well.

N64 – Magical Tetris

N64 – Magical Tetris back

N64 – Tetris 64

N64 – Tetris 64 back

N64 – Tetrisphere

N64 – Tetrisphere back

N64 – The New Tetris

N64 – The New Tetris back

Virtual Boy Tetris

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy didn’t get a lot of games (like maybe 15 in total), but two of them were Tetris! In North America they got 3D Tetris and in Japan they got V Tetris. The two are completely different games ^_^

VB – 3D Tetris

VB – 3D Tetris back

VB – V Tetris

VB – V Tetris back

Sega Saturn Tetris

Sega Saturn was popular in Japan, and so was Tetris. I guess Nintendo lost the exclusive license for Tetris by then O_o I have a few Tetris games for Sega Saturn, not sure if I’m missing any..

Sega Saturn – Tetris Plus PAL

Sega Saturn – Tetris Plus PAL back

Sega Saturn – Tetris Plus JP

SS – Tetris Plus JP back

Sega Saturn – Tetris S

Sega Saturn – Tetris S back

Dreamcast Tetris

For Dreamcast there were quite a lot of Tetris games as well. I don’t know if I’ve found them all yet, but I have 3 different ones so far :)

Dreamcast – Sega Tetris

Dreamcast – Sega Tetris back

Dreamcast – Tetris 4D

Dreamcast – Tetris 4D back

Dreamcast – The Next Tetris

Dreamcast – The Next Tetris back

Playstation Tetris

Some of the ones released for Dreamcast also came for Playstation. I have The Next Tetris on PS as well, but also a Deluxe version :D Then there’s Tetris X, both in normal and “Playstation best” edition and I also recently found out from a Facebook friend about this Japanese Tetris game called Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura Eternal Heart XD Quite different :) I have just picked up a lot of 3 Japanese Playstation Tetris games I didn’t have, even though I had a few of them for different systems I still felt like I needed them ^_^ These were The Tetris, Tetris Plus and Magical Tetris Challenge. All three were in excellent condition and even had the spine cards ^_^

PS – The Next Tetris

PS – The Next Tetris back

PS – The Next Tetris PAL

PS – The Next Tetris PAL back

PS – The Next Tetris DLX

PS – The Next Tetris DLX back

Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura Eternal Heart

Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura Eternal Heart back

PS – Tetris X

PS – Tetris X back

PS – Tetris X Playstation Best

PS – Tetris X Playstation Best back

PS – The Tetris

PS – The Tetris back

PS – Tetris Plus

PS – Tetris Plus back

PS – Magical Tetris Challenge

PS – Magical Tetris Challenge back

Playstation 2 Tetris

I’ve finally gotten a few Tetris games for the PS2 as well ^_^ These are Tetris Worlds, which has also been released for various other systems, Sega Ages 2500 Tetris Collection and Super Lite 2000 Tetris Kiwamemichi :) The last two are Japanese.

PS2 – Tetris Worlds

PS2 – Tetris Worlds back

PS2 – Sega Ages 2500 Tetris Collection

PS2 – Sega Ages 2500 Tetris Collection back

PS2 – Super Lite 2000 Tetris Kiwamemichi

PS2 – Super Lite 2000 Tetris Kiwamemichi

PS Vita Tetris

I’ve finally gotten around to getting the Tetris game for PS Vita as well. It’s Tetris Ultimate, basically the same as on the 3DS and on Xbox One (where I have it digitally).

PSV – Tetris Ultimate

PSV – Tetris Ultimate back

Wii Tetris

The Wii got a Tetris game called Tetris Party Deluxe. In this one they also have a co-op mode (just like in Tengen Tetris for NES)! So much fun! Two pieces on the board simultaneously ^_^

Wii – Tetris Party Deluxe

Wii – Tetris Party Deluxe back

Nintendo DS & 3DS Tetris

Then there’s Tetris on DS. I’ve now found most of the Tetris games on DS and 3DS. Do you know of any other ones I’m missing on these systems?

DS – Tetris DS

DS – Tetris DS back

DS – Tetris DS

DS – Tetris DS back

DS – Tetris Party Deluxe

DS – Tetris Party Deluxe back

3DS – Tetris

3DS – Tetris back

3DS – Tetris Ultimate

3DS – Tetris Ultimate back

Xbox & Xbox 360 Tetris

Tetris Worlds and Tetris Evolution got released on multiple platforms, I choose to get them on Xbox and Xbox 360 since that’s what I’ve mainly been playing on when it comes to the newer generation consoles. I recently found out about the Arcade Tetris game called Grand Master Tetris, never tried it, but I did find that it was also released for Xbox 360 in Japan, so I got it ^_^ Unfortunately the game is region locked and I don’t have a Japanese Xbox 360 to play it on :( yet… Meanwhile I’m also on the look out for the Arcade version!!!

Xbox – Tetris Worlds

Xbox – Tetris Worlds back

Xbox 360 – Tetris Evolution

Xbox 360 – Tetris Evolution back

Xbox 360 – Tetris Grand Master ACE

Xbox 360 – Tetris Grand Master ACE back

Xbox One Tetris

The latest release of Tetris I imported from Japan for the Xbox One. It’s Puyo Puyo Tetris! You can choose to play either pure Puyo Puyo or pure Tetris, or you can play Puyo Puyo Tetris where they have merged the two! :D It’s awesome ^_^

XBONE – Puyo Puyo Tetris

XBONE – Puyo Puyo Tetris back

PC Tetris

I’m not really a PC player, I’ve always preferred a controller to mouse and keyboard. But when I stumble upon really cheap PC games with TETRIS on them I just can’t resist XD I’m gonna have to get myself an old computer with Windows ’98 so I can play them hahaha! XD Especially since I found Tetris CD III!! Look at all the different versions of Tetris that it contains!! Some of the names on the back are: 1993TRIS, FINTRIS, HEXRIS, BALLTRIS, PRYCHTRIS, TEAMTRIS, INFINITRIS and many many more! I really wish I could try these out RIGHT NOW!!!!

PC – Tetris

PC – Tetris back

PC – Tetris III

PC – Tetris CD III back

PC – Tetris Gold

PC – Tetris Gold back

PC – Tetris Elements

PC – Tetris Elements back

Tetris Consoles & Handhelds

I’ve bought a couple of Tetris clone systems from China XD I just had to try them out. They supposedly had 9999 versions of Tetris in one! Hahaha! Basically what they count as various versions is if you start the game on various speed levels from 0 – 9, and then multiply that by a couple of different version and multiply it by the various amount of lines at the bottom that you can start with, then I don’t know.. maybe you reach 9999. The first time I tried it out though I managed to find a version where you were playing Tetris upside down, the block was falling from below instead of above, and as soon as you put it down the blocks at the top moved a step to the right and came out on the other side. This made it quite difficult to plan ahead XD An interesting version indeed ^_^ These were really cheap so I bought several in the hope of getting them in a couple of different colors, they ended up also being in a few different editions. Two were a bit smaller, and there’s other differences as well, like some have a super mouse logo and some have a smiley face making peace signs XD There’s even two different versions of the box. They feel extremely cheap but it’s still interesting to try out the various types of Tetris that you don’t really see anywhere else. The controls are surprisingly responsive and good :)

Brick Game 9999 in 1 all colours

Brick Game 9999 in 1 blue mini super mouse

Brick Game 9999 in 1 colours

Brick Game 9999 in 1 dark green

Brick Game 9999 in 1 light green Super Mouse

Brick Game 9999 in 1 Red super mouse

Brick Game 9999 in 1 with boxes

Brick Game 9999 in 1

Brick Game – 9999 in 1 Tetris

Brick Game – 9999 in 1 Tetris back

Brick Game – 9999 in 1 Tetris 2

Brick Game – 9999 in 1 Tetris back

I also got a Tetris clone handheld called the POP Station value pack. It’s so cheap and barely weighs anything XD It’s supposed to look like a PSP I guess, but it only contains that same program which the Brick Game with 9999 versions of Tetris in 1 has XD I would even say that the controls and buttons feel better on the Brick Games..

POP Station Tetris Clone handheld

POP Station Tetris Clone

POP Station – 9999 in 1 Tetris

POP Station – 9999 in 1 Tetris back

Tetris Game Watch by Nintendo

The best birthday gift I’ve ever gotten was this Tetris Game Watch! Still sealed in new condition :D I’m using it every day ^_^ It tells the time AND you can play Tetris on it! :D

Nintendo Game Watch – Tetris

Nintendo Game Watch – Tetris back

Tetris Game Watch from Russia with fun

Tetris Game Watch

Tetris Game & Watch

Nintendo Tetris Game Watch

Nintendo Tetris Game Watch

Nintendo Tetris Game Watch

Plug & Play Tetris

I found this plug & play Tetris game called Arcade Legends Tetris. It has 5 Tetris games in one, one is called Garbage Tetris XD It’s basically just Tetris but starting off with a few blocks in the bottom.. The controls look really nice with a Tetris theme, but they are AWFUL! You steer left, right and down with the red square in the middle, but you ALSO turn the pieces with the same button by turning it clockwise or counter clockwise! Which means you almost ALWAYS turn a piece right before you put it down, unintentionally >_< Not a recommended purchase…

Here’s a shitty Tetris soundtrack that I found from eBay Japan XD All the songs were kind of 90s-techno-remixed.. one was decent, the rest were quite sucky >_<

Tetris Soundtrack

Tetris Soundtrack back

Now if you know about any Tetris video game that I don’t have yet then feel free to give me some advice on what to look for next ^_^ Meanwhile, try out some Not Tetris 2, I blogged about it some years ago and it’s still hilarious ;D